Chapter 21: A Dance of the Spirit

"Okay." Liu Nianru replied, sitting beside her like a stream.

It was only when she sat down that she realized that something was wrong.

Except for the concubine who sat in the pavilion, she was the woman who sat at the front of the house. Even the prime minister's wife, Ye Zhixiang sat down on the part of the female dependents and separated from the prime minister.

Liu Nianru looked at it again, and sure enough, General Liu also changed his position, and Liu Wanyan was not by his side, presumably reminded by the palace people.

She felt a tight feeling in her heart, except for the vague words of the original leading eunuch, no one had reminded her of the rules of seating.

"What's wrong?" Duan Bailan saw that her expression was different, and hurriedly asked.

"Is there a row of seats at this banquet?" Liu Nianru asked.

"There should be, the palace people will arrange it, what's wrong?" Duan Bailan asked.

Liu Nianru shook her head, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart.

"The emperor has arrived!"

A sharp, thin, non-yin and penetrating voice sounded, and suddenly the audience was silent, and everyone got up and bowed down in the direction where the emperor was.

"See the emperor!"

Even Liu Nianru did the same, and saluted the emperor with Duan Bailan.

After a while, she heard a deep voice of "all the ministers are exempt", and then she looked up, and the emperor was already sitting in the center of the pavilion, facing the civil and military officials.

The current emperor should be in his forties, but he still looks very energetic, with a pair of bright eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he looks very dignified.

"How can I feel a heavy killing aura from him." Liu Nianru frowned and asked.

She understands that the emperor today pays attention to the form and the supremacy of imperial power, but the Da'an Dynasty has been stable for decades, and the emperor is the son of peace, how can it give people such a feeling.

"You think it's weird, too." Duan Bailan expected that Liu Nianru would have this kind of question, and saw that she seemed a little uneasy between her eyebrows, so she squeezed her hand: "When I go back, I will explain it to you clearly."

The emperor sat down in his seat calmly and said something like: "Now that the country is peaceful and the four seas are peaceful, it is the situation that I rely on you ministers, and I invite the ministers to feast today, and I ......am happy with you."

Liu Nianru wanted to sleep when she heard these scenes, especially the mixed light and shadow here, and before she knew it, her mind was already drifting away.

I don't know why the families of the ministers are brought with them in this kind of boring praise, how innocent they are.

Finally, after this link, the musicians of the palace music workshop came up to play songs with five-string pipa.

"There's a guitar here?" Liu Nianru listened to this and modern popular melodies and sounds, and suddenly felt a little dazed.

"Guitar? What is that? Seeing that Liu Nianru said something he didn't understand, Duan Bailan asked patiently.

"It's nothing, it's just what they're holding in their hands, it's - Fanbang musical instruments." Liu Nianru can't tell him that it's a modern musical instrument.

Duan Bailan took a sip of tea, smiled and said, "This five-stringed pipa is the first musician of the dynasty, created by Han Yuemeng, and the tone is varied, but it is not a Fanbang instrument."

"I see, then this Mr. Han is really powerful." Liu Nianru suddenly realized.

"If you like it, there are musicians in the palace who can play the five-stringed lute, and let them talk to you when the time comes." Duan Bailan saw that Liu Nianru was interested in this pipa, and immediately said.

"Okay." Liu Nianru replied.

I don't know who started first, but when it comes to the versatility of Kyoto's women, I have to choose them to perform.

"Look at it, the emperor will not do useless work, and the ladies who behave well today will either enter the palace as concubines, or they will be allowed to other princes." Duan Bailan reminded.

The more egotistical people are, the more they like to accomplish many things efficiently. Liu Nianru is the same, she takes away the purpose of everything she does, and she doesn't like to engage in all the bells and whistles.

"The concubine heard that the lord of Qingling County crowned Kyoto with his dance, I wonder if there is such an honor to take a look?" A concubine stood up and said, she first bowed to the emperor Yingying, then looked at the eldest princess and the prime minister, and smiled at them.

It can be seen that the relationship between this concubine and the eldest princess should be very good, otherwise she would not stand up.

Although it is impossible for the county lord of Qingling to marry into the royal family, it is excellent to be able to help her win a good reputation.

"Concubine Nan praised it falsely." The eldest princess got up and saluted slowly to the emperor, looking at Qingling's eyes slowly full of love.

Qing Ling didn't look very happy, and barely pulled a smile from his mouth. She was still sullen because of what happened three days ago.

Anyone who encounters that kind of thing will not act like a nobody.

"Qingling, would you like to dance a dance so that we can all see the best dance in Kyoto?" The emperor smiled happily, although he put on the appearance of a kind elder, he still couldn't suppress the majesty exuded from his body.

The emperor and the eldest princess have a deep friendship, and naturally they also favor Qingling.

"Pure spirits obey." Qing Ling blessed his body and said, "Wait for me to change my clothes first."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go."

After a while, Qing Ling changed into a pink dance dress, with long sleeves reaching to the ground, and the two ribbons around her waist made her willow waist even more invisible, and there was an aura between the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, but there was still a faint sadness.

"Your Majesty, Qing Ling still has a request." Qing Ling half-knelt on the ground and said with his eyelids down.

"What else?" The emperor asked.

"Brother Duan's piano skills were personally instructed by Master Han Yuemeng, and Qingling wanted to ask Brother Duan to accompany me." Qing Ling said.

Liu Nianru turned his head to look at Duan Bailan, he was a little stunned, but suddenly returned to normal.

"I'm ready, Duan Aiqing will prepare." The emperor glanced at Duan Bailan, then took a sip of the triangular cup on the table.

"Obey." Duan Bailan got up and walked to the center, where someone had already put a guqin on the shore.

The moment many famous ladies saw Duan Bailan, their eyes lit up, but they glanced at Liu Nianru, who was sitting beside him magnificently, and it dimmed again.

Liu Nianru didn't think there was anything, but was a little looking forward to Duan Bailan's piano skills.

Because Qingling was dressed in pink, Duan Bailan deliberately chose a more cheerful song to play. It's just that the sound of the guqin is already slow and heavy, and some heavy killing aura comes out.

And the dance of Qingling is more and more elegant, "if the light clouds cover the moon, if the wind returns to the snow", there is infinite sorrow hidden in the elegant, just like a peach blossom floating nowhere, swaying hard in the wind and rain.